“Everything that's come – ever since the very first recordings we made – has made things slower, not faster”: Better music technology hasn’t made life easier for producers than it was in the ‘80s, says Mike Stock

British songwriting and production team Stock Aitken Waterman, circa 1985. Left to right: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. (Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images).

With a new single – A Crazy Shot In The Dark for The Fizz – and the long-awaited release of Suzette Charles’ 33-years-in-the-making debut album now finally a reality, we recently caught up with Mike Stock of legendary producers Stock Aitken Waterman for a lengthy look back at his career.

During that conversation, we just had to ask him about some of the technology that he’s used down the years…